Puerto Rico Convention Center
The Dr. Pedro Rosselló González, Puerto Rico Convention Center (PRCC) (or Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico Dr. Pedro Rosselló González in Spanish) is a convention center located in Isla Grande (recently named the Convention Center District), in San Juan, Puerto Rico owned by the Puerto Rico Convention District Authority, a government agency of Puerto Rico, and managed by SMG. Designed by tvsdesign, it is the largest convention center in the Caribbean and the most technologically advanced in Latin America.
The Convention Center includes a 152,000-square-foot (14,100 m2) Exhibition Hall that can seat up to 16,965 persons and a 39,500-square-foot (3,670 m2) ballroom that can accommodate up to 4,158 persons. All in all, approximately 25,000 persons can be accommodated within the center simultaneously and can handle conventions of organizations as large as 10,000 participants.
The Center is operated by the Puerto Rico Convention Center District Authority, which also operates the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, also known as the "Choliseo", and the Government Reception Center in Old San Juan, as well as the 113-acre district on which the Convention Center and the atttached Sheraton hotel are located. Its current executive director is Jaime López.
The convention center is named after former Governor Pedro Rossello, who proposed and initiated the design, finance and construction of the structure.
Read more about Puerto Rico Convention Center: History, Planification and Construction, The PRCC District, Facilities and Services, Awards and Accolades
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